La Playa Hotel
Carmel by the Sea, CA
La Playa Hotel
Camino Real at Eighth Avenue
Carmel by the Sea, CA 93921
Shake Up Your Career at La Playa Hotel’s Iconic Buds Bar! 🍸✨ Are you passionate about mixology, delivering exceptional service, and creating unforgettable guest experiences? Join us at Buds Bar, where the ambiance is unmatched, the cocktails are crafted to perfection, and you’ll have the opportuni
Compensation: Base plus Tips
Position Summary:
The Bartender at Buds Bar, located within La Playa Hotel, is responsible for crafting cocktails, providing excellent service, and creating a memorable bar experience for our guests. This role requires a strong knowledge of mixology, outstanding hospitality skills, and the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, upscale environment. The Bartender will contribute to the ambiance of Buds Bar, ensuring that guests have a comfortable, enjoyable experience that reflects the luxury and charm of La Playa Hotel.
Key Responsibilities:
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Beverage Preparation:
- Create and serve a variety of cocktails, wines, beers, and non-alcoholic beverages in accordance with Buds Bar’s menu and standards.
- Maintain knowledge of cocktail recipes, wine selections, and local ingredients, offering recommendations to enhance the guest experience.
- Ensure accurate measurements, preparation techniques, and garnish presentation to deliver consistently high-quality drinks.
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Guest Service:
- Provide friendly, attentive service, engaging guests in a welcoming manner to create a positive bar atmosphere.
- Respond promptly to guest requests, adapting to specific preferences and accommodating special requests where possible.
- Handle guest inquiries regarding the menu, ingredients, and special promotions, enhancing the experience with personalized recommendations.
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Bar Maintenance and Organization:
- Keep the bar area clean, organized, and well-stocked throughout shifts, following health and safety regulations.
- Monitor inventory of bar supplies, including glassware, garnishes, and mixers, restocking as needed.
- Assist in bar opening and closing procedures, including setting up, restocking, and cleaning to prepare for the next shift.
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Cash Handling and Transaction Management:
- Accurately process guest payments using POS systems, maintaining accountability for cash, credit, and room charges.
- Follow established procedures for managing tabs, ensuring accuracy and professionalism in all transactions.
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Compliance and Safety:
- Comply with all health, safety, and alcohol service regulations, ensuring a safe and secure environment for guests and colleagues.
- Stay informed of and enforce hotel policies related to responsible alcohol service.
Requirements:
- Previous bartending experience, preferably in a luxury or high-volume environment.
- Strong knowledge of spirits, cocktails, beer, wine, and mixology techniques.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to connect with guests.
- Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- California Food Handler’s Card and Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) certification are required or must be obtained upon hire.
Benefits:
- Competitive pay with opportunities for tips
- Employee discounts at La Playa Hotel
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Friendly and dynamic work environment
La Playa Hotel is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals interested in being part of our team.
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La Playa Hotel
75 Room Hotel
Once a luxurious mansion built in 1905 by an artist as a gift to his wife, a member of the Ghirardelli family, for over 100 years La Playa Hotel has been known as the “Grande Dame of Carmel.” This landmark boutique hotel is tucked minutes away from Carmel's famed white sand beach and features turn-of-the-century charm with premier Pacific views. The hotel's 75-guest rooms reflect a sophisticated beach cottage style and are comfortably appointed. The cornerstone of one of California’s most prestigious neighborhoods, La Playa Hotel places art galleries, shops, fine restaurants, tasting rooms and scenic beauty just outside its doorstep. From the morning's Champagne Breakfast to the sunset wine reception and late-night cookies and milk, guests will relish the hotel's luxury amenities and be treated to an extraordinary Carmel experience.
About the Company
Family-owned and family-built, Marc & Rose is an eclectic collection of iconic resorts and hidden gems — each a tribute to place-based sensuality and playful improvisation. Born of an irreverent spirit and a passion for hard work, our collection makes its home across the American West. It embodies the sounds, smells, and colors of iconic landscapes – and it doesn’t come to life without the human heart.
Our passionate team breathes new life into familiar places, imagines original spaces into being, and practices the art of welcome. We consider hospitality an essential part of being human. But it is also a calling — a creative and professional pursuit that requires curiosity, care, and grit. Because the heartbeat of genuine hospitality is always, first and foremost, you.
La Playa Hotel provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, La Playa Hotel complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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